QA, LR & DI CAT-2017 Prep Plan: Day-1

Welcome to Day-1 of the Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation Prep Plan.

Focus Topic: Percentage (Arithmetic/Commercial Mathematics)

The focus topic for today is Percentage. Percentage is essentially the first topic in Arithmetic that you need to prepare. Percentage is the backbone of Arithmetic and the fundamental nature of the topic makes it extremely important for you to master the topic.

For percentages, you should master the basic topic and learn some important topics such as:

Comparison of percentages
Successive Percentage Change
Product Constancy Ratio
Percentages, Fractions and Ratios

By going through and learning these topics, you will be in an excellent position to master this topic.

For day-1, you need to go through the basic concepts for Percentage and understand what percentages are. As an additional task, you should co-related this topic with your everyday life and see where it finds application in your daily life.

Reading Suggestions Daily Reads-2 (Level-1)
Reading Suggestions Daily Reads-2 (Level-1)
Verbal Ability Test: Sentence Completion (Level-1): Test-2
Reading Comprehension: RC Passage-2, Level-1
Vocabulary Blog: The quest for words

Usage Tips:

Phrasal Verb:

Ask
Beat

Percentage: Concepts and Exercises
Successive Percentage Change
Percentages: Product Constancy Ratio
Successive Percentage Change Exercise
Percentages: Product Constancy Ratio Exercise

Percentage: Topic Tests
Arithmetic: Percentage Test -3
Arithmetic: Percentage Test -4

Additional Mathematics Resources:
Arithmetic Level-wise Test: Level-1 Test-2
Basic Maths:Test-2
Data Interpretation:DI Level-1: Set 2
Logical Reasoning:LR Level-1: Set 2
Puzzle: Puzzle-2

Daily Vocabulary Tests

Vocabulary Basics Test: A ntonyms Test-1
Vocabulary Basics Test: One-word Substitution Test-2

5 Visual Vocabulary Words for today:

Flashcard Sets For Today:

Quantitative Aptitude Question of the day

Question: In a class half of the students like Mathematics, a third of the remaining like English, a fourth of the remaining like Physics and a fifth of the remaining like Chemistry. What percentage of the total students like none of these subjects?

1. 20%
2. 25%
3. 80%
4. 60%

Answer and Explanation

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17 Comments

Dhananjay on March 15, 2017 at 12:58 pm

20%

sonam on March 14, 2017 at 12:58 pm

Hi,

There is only day-1 plan on the schedule for 2017 prep. When will the other plans be put on the website?

Prashant Chadha on March 14, 2017 at 2:39 pm
Hi
The plan for day-2 is live.
Every week, we plan to release 4 to 5 Prep Plan posts. You will be updated through e-mail for the same.
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sonam on March 14, 2017 at 5:33 pm
Thanks. It would be great if you could come up with at-least one plan a day, which is useful too.

shruthi on March 14, 2017 at 12:51 pm

nice job

Prashant Chadha on March 14, 2017 at 12:56 pm
Thanks Shruthi..:)

Vishali kannan on March 14, 2017 at 6:40 am

20%

Mayank on March 11, 2017 at 10:04 pm

20%(assuming a class of x students, x/2 like maths, x/6 like english, x/12 like physics, x/20 like chemistry and so remaining are x/5.

ABHISHEK on March 10, 2017 at 10:01 pm

sreenidhi on March 10, 2017 at 8:21 pm

option 1

Ankur on March 10, 2017 at 3:35 pm

20%.

Assuming a class of 100, 50 like Mathematics. (.33 of 50 ~ 17) 17 like English. (.25 of (50-17) ~ 9 like Physics). .2 of (50-17-9)~ 5 like Chemistry. So totally ~ 80 students (80%) like some subject. thus the remaining 20% dislike all these subjects.